Study Ball to Chain Kids to Their Study Desk
Parents nowadays would normally balk at cultivating their children’s learning habit by force. But being concerned parents who want something to be done to address their children’s lack of discipline and reading habit might nevertheless resort to more extreme measures. Designed particularly for caring mums and dads who have exhausted resources to get their kids to sit down quietly on their desk to finish their homework, Study Ball could be the ultimate way to achieve this.
Weighing about 20 pounds or 9.5kg, the prison-style Study Ball is tied with a shackle with a 16.5-inch chain and there is a programmable study timer built-in to the shackle. Desperate parents can chain their kids to the Study Ball and set the duration for a study session. Kids will be unable to leave their desk until the study session is over. A small digital display will indicate the countdown time of the “Study Time Left”. Once the time is up, the electronic device will beep and the lock will automatically open. The shackled and imprisoned kids will thence be “freed”. In the event during the “prison” time, kids need to go to the toilet or have other urgent matters to attend to, parents can unlock the shackle with a safety key. Sounds rather brutal and primitive? Well, extreme measures may be needed for extreme situations.
Costing a mere $115, the interesting Study Ball perhaps overturns all modern learning theories and beliefs about child psychology. However, some believe it could be a good device to teach children about responsibility, patience and discipline in a physically visual way. Just wonder what will be the reaction of the parents and adults, though, if bosses were to apply this device at the workplace.
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August 27th, 2009 21:00
This is bad. Child abuse.
Plus it won’t work, if you have to go to such extreme measures, your kid would be so angry, 10kg would be as light as an ant to him when he’s raging.
And if he does rage at you, this ball:
1. Swing it around and accumulate centripetal force
2. Break chain.
3. 10kg ball hurtling towards parents
4. serious injuries if hit head.
5. dead
June 16th, 2009 12:24
Looks like the New World Order at work again by the looks of it.It is child abuse, And if you use that on your child, you should go to jail, just unbelievable.
June 15th, 2009 23:40
Is this even legal?
May 24th, 2009 10:04
It won’t work to be honest, by law that’s under child abuse and probably won’t work its way outside US anytime soon.
But that’s UK, I don’t know how light the child abuse law is in the US
May 22nd, 2009 14:01
It’s good for laughs but using it would be pretty annoying.